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Parking, Parking, Everywhere, but Not a Spot for Me

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As the song goes, "they paved paradise, put in a parking lot." And yet we can still never seem to find a parking spot when we need one! Why is that?!?

Maybe our easy parking experiences wash over us, but our difficult parking hunts and steep parking tickets leave a lasting impression. Another theory for our fixation with parking is that it’s not included in driving directions, so it feels like a surprise imposition at the end of the trip. Perhaps both these frustrations can be folded into a bigger idea, which is simply that we have absurdly high expectations for parking. 

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We expect (parking) to be very convenient, immediately available, and free. It would be unimaginable to hold any other good or service to this standard.
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